Hi! I am a poet & grad student at SUNY Buffalo. I have edited a chapbook of 'hard-boiled' poetry, a sample of which is at the URL below. I am a big fan of HARD BOILED, esp. Hammett. There's a collection of essays out (1996) called FILM NOIR READER, for fans of film. I also want to do PhD work in Hard Boiled Fiction, the best book I've read is TOUGH GUY WRITERS OF THE 30s. Was lucky wnough to get a copy from WIU Press The discussion is great here! Thanks to William for starting the list. best Virginia VConn WORD is out & this means TROUBLE! Check out the latest issue of WORD OUTA BUFFALO at http://www.arch.buffalo.edu/~conn _o \o_ __| \ / |__ o _ o/ \o/ __|- __/ \__/o \o | o/ o/__ /\ /| | > > / \ ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | < \ / \ - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca